heat up
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Things do heat up at times in “Tommy and Tuppence,” but they stay mostly hot in “Neagley,” with Maria Sten taking her recurring “Reacher” role to center stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
If you heat up food—by frying it in a pan, for example—it will usually form some amount of acrylamide without adding any other ingredients at all.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
"I can still go out and walk and get the heat up that way."
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Another major test for the market this fall: The IPO calendar is expected to heat up, with at least one blockbuster offering, from Anthropic, and other high-profile names expected to list, as well.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
It said, Please heat up the spaghetti sauce and boil the spaghetti.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
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